Letters for Ladies at Breast Cancer Centers [community service]

2) You may use any note card, stationery, or paper but please keep cards within the envelope size (4.75" x 6.5") to ensure your letters can be used.

3)Letters are to cancer centers where medical staff hand out individual letters to newly diagnosed patients.

4)WHAT TO SAY:The best way to start your letter is with “Dear Friend” or “Dear Sister.” We encourage you to sign just your first name and last initial (Gina M.). And because we don't know a distribution time frame, please DO NOT DATE THE LETTERS OR WRITE THE SEASON you created it.

No matter how clumsy the words, if it comes from the heart you can’t miss!

Think about someone you care about as you write the letter. You can also share your personal experiences.

Tell the truth. It's okay to say you don't know what they are going through.

Write in groups. Gather up your book club, school class, Girl Scout troop, fraternity (men can write too), bunco circle - you name it - and have a Letter Writing Party! Writing together is helpful and fun.